onEdit does not run a function

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Ricardo Navarrete

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May 27, 2025, 11:42:03 AM (12 days ago) May 27
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I have this script if I run it on a sheet that has a simple function works but with the one (gardarDatos) does not

function guardarDatos() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
const formularioSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Formulario");

var ssDestino = SpreadsheetApp.openById("13RqFvRcQeZsSzWGY6FrX3x28poOHzm_LHJFBI0Ek54c");
const datosSheet = ssDestino.getSheetByName("Datos");

var targetSheet = ssDestino.getSheetByName("Datos");

let ultimaFila = datosSheet.getLastRow() + 1;
const datos = [
formularioSheet.getRange("C2").getValue(),
formularioSheet.getRange("C3").getValue(),
formularioSheet.getRange("C4").getValue(),
]

datosSheet.getRange(ultimaFila, 1, 1, datos.length).setValues([datos]);
var targetCell = targetSheet.getRange(ultimaFila, 4);
var targetColumn = targetSheet.getRange(ultimaFila, 4);

var now = new Date();
targetCell.setValue(now);
targetColumn.setValues(targetCell.getValues());

formularioSheet.getRange("C2").clearContent();
formularioSheet.getRange("C3").clearContent();
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().alert("Registro Guardado");
}

function onEdit(e) {
var cell = e.range;
if (cell.getSheet().getSheetName() == "Formulario" && cell.getColumn() == 3 && cell.getRow() == 3) {
var value = cell.getValue();
if (typeof value === 'number') {
guardarDatos(value);
}
}
}

Do you know why?

Thank you

George Ghanem

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May 30, 2025, 6:31:04 AM (10 days ago) May 30
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Your function is opening a second spreadsheet and this is not permitted in a simple trigger like onEdit.

One option you can do is rename the trigger function from onEdit to something else. Then create a trigger for the code to run when the spreadsheet is edited and have it call the renamed function(which was previously onEdit).



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